Antecedents and consequences of combinative competitive capabilities in manufacturing

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1250-1286

  Liu, Nan ^a   Roth, Aleda V ^b   Rabinovich, Elliot ^c  

^a ConAgra Foods Inc ^*  (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Competitive capability; Cumulative model; Manufacturing business unit (MBU); Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing strategy; Trade off model

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455128739     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111187448     Document Type: Review

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